PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 531 p4p, 705 weight class) and Tiago Tomate (ranked 73 p4p, 104 weight class). Tomate has chosen “Danger! High Voltage”, by Electric Six as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Santo Amaro
vs
Tomate

175 cm
28
175
16 - 8 - 0

181 cm
25
170
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tiago Tomate!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santo Amaro misses the shot to the body.
Santo Amaro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tomate is out of range.
Santo Amaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomate misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santo Amaro thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro wants to land a leg kick but Tomate is out of range.
Tomate ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Santo Amaro looks for the body kick but Tomate saw that one coming.
Santo Amaro misses with a low kick.
A head kick by Tomate misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomate lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tomate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tomate.
Santo Amaro throws a right and a left that Tomate avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santo Amaro lands a right hook to the body.
Santo Amaro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Tomate saw that one coming.
Tomate misses with an uppercut.
Santo Amaro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santo Amaro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tomate misses with a low kick.
Santo Amaro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santo Amaro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tomate tries a low kick but Santo Amaro avoids it.
Tomate dips to his left and cracks Santo Amaro with an uppercut!
Tomate throws a combination that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tomate bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomate avoids the body shot from Santo Amaro.
Tomate lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomate slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
Tomate throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santo Amaro. Tomate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santo Amaro scores with a push kick.
Tomate blocks a jab.
Tomate connects with a solid leg kick.
Santo Amaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santo Amaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tomate slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
Tomate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santo Amaro on the side of the head.
Tomate ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tomate. That's going to slow Santo Amaro down.
Tomate steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santo Amaro.
The crowd cheers as Tomate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santo Amaro doesn't seem phased though.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomate motions for Santo Amaro to come forward. Tomate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santo Amaro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A low kick from Santo Amaro is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Santo Amaro misses with a straight right.
Tomate throws a body kick that misses.
Santo Amaro feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Tomate blocks the low kick.
An inside leg kick from Tomate misses.
Santo Amaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tomate is out of range and Santo Amaro settles back down.
Santo Amaro is looking to land body kicks.
Tomate feints and then cracks Santo Amaro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santo Amaro down.
The fighters circling - Tomate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tomate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tomate works the jab nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro cracks Tomate with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomate connects with a leg kick.
Santo Amaro checks a leg kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santo Amaro checks the leg kick.
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tomate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice leg kick from Santo Amaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tomate misses with a looping right.
Tomate throws the left hand but Santo Amaro avoids the punch easily.
Santo Amaro takes one to the chin there.
Santo Amaro scores with a body shot.
Tomate missing with a left hand there. Santo Amaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tomate blocks a low kick nicely.
Tomate tests Santo Amaro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santo Amaro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tomate tries a head kick but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Junqueiro Santo Amaro will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Santo Amaro throws a leg kick but Tomate moved away.
An inside leg kick from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
It seemed like Tomate was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick
and Tomate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tomate goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Santo Amaro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santo Amaro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tomate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tomate scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tomate throws a sloppy head kick and Santo Amaro moves out of range easily.
Santo Amaro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Santo Amaro looks to land a body kick but Tomate moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomate thows a leg kick but Santo Amaro checks it
and Santo Amaro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Santo Amaro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tomate throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tomate displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santo Amaro throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Tomate.
Tomate scores with a decent looking hook.
Tomate lets loose with a powerful body kick. Santo Amaro will feel that in the morning.
Santo Amaro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tomate misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot by Tomate.
Santo Amaro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tomate has time to react.
Santo Amaro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tomate on the side of the head.
Tomate avoids the body shot from Santo Amaro.
Tomate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
Tomate stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santo Amaro.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice leg kick lands there from Santo Amaro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santo Amaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomate.
Santo Amaro throws a low kick but Tomate moves out of range easily.
A low kick lands for Santo Amaro.

Santo Amaro gets tackled into the cage by Tomate. Tomate maintains the clinch.
Tomate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tomate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santo Amaro's elbow.
Santo Amaro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tomate throws a head punch that misses.
Santo Amaro tries to work over Tomate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santo Amaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santo Amaro tries to work over Tomate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tomate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santo Amaro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tomate tries to throw a body punch but Santo Amaro avoids it by throwing Tomate back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santo Amaros head.
Santo Amaro avoids a wild elbow strike from Tomate.
A right hand to the body from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santo Amaro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tomate backwards.
Tomate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santo Amaro lands a left hand.
Tomate misses with an elbow strike.
Tomate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santo Amaro lands with a short shot to the head.

Tomate is rocked!
Santo Amaro lands a body punch.
Tomate is still on wobbly legs! Can Santo Amaro finish him?
Tomate struggles to land a body shot inside as Santo Amaro controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Tomate.
Santo Amaro scores with a shot to the side of Tomate's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santo Amaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tomate backwards.
Santo Amaro lands a big right hand that drops Tomate! The killer instinct kicks in and Santo Amaro finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Santo Amaro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
An out of breath Junqueiro Santo Amaro thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.